The last lynching in Maryland state history took place on the night of October 18, 1933, when George Armwood was kidnapped from jail and lynched by a mob of white protestors in Princess Anne County. Armwood had been accused of assaulting an elderly white woman. Enraged, a mob refused to wait for Armwood to be tried. His murder was just one in a long list of lynchings perpetrated by whites against...

Slave rebellions were common in the south during the 19th century, as those held in bondage began to fight back against their oppressors. Spurned on by stories of Nat Turners bravery, and as more and more slaves acquired the ability to read and speak the English language, they began to pick up on some of the conversations that took place between their white masters. This learning made the slaves even...

The hate crime that occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 20, 1857, was "one of the most shocking instances of cruelty and of mob violence that has transpired in this country for years." A group of slaves from Louisville had been accused of a crime. A white jury found the slaves not guilty, which angered a mob of whites who wanted the slaves executed for a crime that they clearly did not commit....